The abandonment of Nikon 1 seems bizarre to me in face of other 1-inch non-interchangeable-lens cameras apparently doing well.
But it is also a cautionary tale: when you are buying an ILC, you are buying a system. Maybe I am wrong, but it seems to me that the heart of any camera system are the lenses . . . you need to have lenses that will meet various shooters' needs. And it strikes me that having an announced, publicly available, lens roadmap is a great way reassure potential early adopters. (This assumes, of course, that you have competent camera bodies.) I wonder what drives the decision-making process at Nikon.
Cheers, Jock